Chapaev (1934) (English subtitles). "Chapaev" is a 1934 Soviet film. It was directed by the Vasilyev brothers on Lenfilm. It is a story about Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev (1887-1919), a legendary Red Army commander who became a hero of the Russian Civil War. The plot is based on the novel of the same name by Dmitry Furmanov, a Russian writer and Bolshevik commissar who fought together with Chapayev. Immediately upon the release (on November 6, 1934 in Leningrad cinema theatre "Titan") the film became one of the most popular creations in the history of Soviet cinema. Within the first year it was watched by 30 million people in the USSR alone. It was awarded as "Best Foreign Film" by US National Board of Review in 1935 and Grand-Prix of Paris World Affair in 1937. In a 1978 poll of cinema critics the film was considered one of the best 100 films in history. ================== Crew: Written and directed by the Vassiliev Brothers Co-director Yuri Muzykant Photography by A. Sigayev and A. Ksenofontov Sound Engineer - Bekker Music by Gavriil Popov Cast: Chapayev - Boris Babochkin Furmanov - Boris Blinov Anna - Varvara Myasnikova Pet'ka - Leonid Kmit Colonel Borozdin - IN Pevtsov Cossack - S. Shkurat Yelan -V. Volkov Zhikharev - N. Simonov Peasant - B. Chirkov ©LENFILM, 1934. ================== Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research <b>...</b>